Apparel rack



y 6,1953 P. s. HYBERTSEN 2,639,814

APPAREL RACK Filed March 29, 1947 //\/A/E TUF PAUL J. HYbERTfiEN E M /M Patented May 26, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,639,8l4 APPAREL RACK Paul S. Hybertsen, Milwaukie, Oreg. Application March 29, 1947", Serial No. 738,068 4 Claims. (01. 211-32) 1 This invention relates to an apparel rack for hats, neckties and the like.

The general object of the present invention is to provide an improved apparel rack adapted for mounting on a wall or other vertical surface to conveniently support hats, neckties, gloves and other articles of apparel. Other objects are to provide an apparel rack of the type described having means for supporting a hat by its crown rather than by its brim, having a shelf for gloves and other small articles, and having a bar for supporting neckties in a hanging position; and to provide a necktie bar having an associated member adapted to hold neckties thereon and to straighten out creases in the neckties.

These and other objects will be apparent from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the device.

. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation parel rack;

Figure 2 is an end elevation view;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the end brackets of the apparel rack;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the necktie retainer bar; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the shelf construction of the apparel rack.

In the present apparel rack the various article supporting elements comprise transverse horizontal members interconnecting a pair of end brackets which are adapted to be mounted on a wall, closet door, or other vertical surface. These supporting members are secured to the end brackets in spaced relation with the wall engaging surfaces thereof, so that different articles of apparel may be hung or supported thereacross with portions of the articles disposed between the members and the wall on which the rack is mounted. A hat support is provided at the top of the rack to hold one or more hats by the band portion of the crown, so that the hat will not rest on its brim on a horizontal surface which is likely to become dusty or dirty. The necktie support comprises a horizontal bar over which the neckties may be hung at the bottom of the rack, and a vertically slidable retainer bar is mounted in the end brackets to bear upon the neckties where they pass over the necktie bar to hold them in place on the bar and press out wrinkles and creases in the neckties while they are not in use.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral III designates anend bracket having a'vertical wall view of the ap- 2 engaging surface II which may be mounted on any convenient vertical support. A vertical groove I2 is formed in the upper part of the bracket It in spaced relation to its vertical surface -I I- for receiving one end of a transverse horizontal member I3 constituting a hat support. The other end of the member I3 is received in a similar groove in a similar bracket at the other end of the device, the two end brackets being similarly formed and provided with means to carry additional transverse article supporting members in a manner to be presently described.

The supporting member I3 is in the form of a flat rigid member of considerable width relative to the length of the bracket, and is mounted in a vertical plane substantially parallel with the wall. The grooves I2 are spaced approximately midway between the front and rear edges of the upper portion of the end brackets, and the ends of the member I3 are securely fixed therein, thus providing a line support interconnecting the upper portions of the end brackets.

At the lower end of each bracket member is a groove or recess I4 to receive the end of a necktie bar I5 at a distance from the wall engaging sur-'- face -I I, and immediately thereabove is a vertical groove I6 to slidably receive an end ll of the necktie retainer-bar I8. The necktie bar l5 may be made of either round or rectangular stock, but its upper edge should be convexly curved where it supports the neckties, and the lower edge of the retainer bar I8 is preferably formed with a concave surface I9 to rest upon neckties on the bar I5. The groove I6 need not necessarily be vertical, but may be inclined, provided that the re-'- tainer bar will slide down freely in the grooves to rest upon the neckties. Y

In an intermediate part of each end bracket, between the members I3 and I5,-horizontal and vertical grooves 20 and 2I are formed to receive the transverse members 22 and 23, respectively. The horizontal member 22 serves as a convenient shelf for gloves or other articles, and the vertical member 23 provides a front rim to prevent such articles from falling off the shelf. This shelf may extend to the back surface I I of the brackets, if desired, and the members 22 and 23 may be secured together, or integrally formed, orthey may comprise two separate pieces.

The member 22 is mounted in a horizontal plane, perpendicular to the plane of the support member I3, and is of slightly less width than the width of the end brackets at their widest point. The ends of :the shelf member. 22 are securely fixed in the grooves 20. Thus. thesupport membar [3 and the shelf member 22 provide an angular brace for the apparel rack, and restrain the end brackets against angular displacement.

The device is assembled by gluing or otherwise securing the two end brackets upon the ends of the various transverse members to form a unitary structure. The retainer bar I8, however, is not rigidly attached to the end brackets but is merely retained loosely in the grooves [5 for free Sliding movement. The groove 16 is shown in Figure 3 as intersecting the groove 20, but this is not a necessary requirement for the construction as the former groove may be cut entirely independently of the latter groove, or at a different angle from that shown in the illustrated embodiment. When the other transverse members are secured in the end brackets, the bar l8 will be confined in its guiding grooves so that it cannot be removed from the rack.

Neckties 25 may be hung over the necktie bar IS with the short-creases resulting from the knot disposed on the top side of the bar. Hanging the neckties in this manner causes one end to hang considerably lower than the other, whereby there would normally be some tendency for them to slide off the bar if no retaining means were provided. The retaining bar l8, by bringing its concave surface I9to bear upon the wrinkled portions of the neckties on the necktie bar, as shown in Figure 2, thereby performs the double function of straightening'out the wrinkles and also retaining the neckties in place on the bar; No particular weight is needed in the retainer bar for this purpose, the parts being preferably made of wood in substantially the proportions shown in the drawings. Over a period of timaeven a very light weight bearing upon the neckties will serve satisfactorily to flatten out the wrinkles from the last use inasmuch as the transverse bend in the material produced by the bar i5 also has a flattening effeotupon longitudinal creases, However, without the retaining bar to hold them in place neckties cannot be hung near one end toposition the wrinkled portion over the supporting 1 bar.

The hat supporting member is is provided with a plurality of semi-circular depressions 24 in its upper edge to receive the crown of a hat with the hat brim disposed between the member 13 and the wall. This allows the hat to be supported in a manner which will not change its shape, and which will not subject the brim to a possibly dusty surface as when the hat is laid upright on a shelf or the like. Any particular shape imparted to the brim will be retained Withthis manner of support, whereas 9, turned down brim is pushed out of shape on a shelf.

:Thevarious transverse members of thepresent rack may be secured to the end brackets in other ways without departing from the spirit of the invention,-and it is to be understood that these and other changes and modifications within the scope of the appended claims are included in the invention.

1 Having now described our invention and in what manner the same may be used, What we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. An apparel rack comprising a pair of vertical end brackets having wall engaging edges, said brackets having fiat sides disposed perpendicular? ly to the wall, a flat article support member disposed in a vertical plane substantially parallel with the wall and providing a rigid support interconnecting .the upper portions of said end brackets, said support member having a downwardly curved cut-out in its upper edge for receiving the crown of a hat and being spaced from the plane of the wall a sufficient distance to enable disposition of the brim of the hat between said member and the wall surface, a rod-like support member interconnecting the lower portions of said brackets in the plane of said flat support member, and a flat shelf-like member disposed in a horizontal plane perpendicular to said first support member and interconnecting said brackets intermediate said first two support members, said support members and said shelflike member providing right angular braces for said rack restraining said end brackets against displacement in either a vertical or horizontal y direction.

brackets having flat sides disposed perpendicularly to the wall,- a flat article support member disposed in a vertical plane substantially parallel with the wall and providing a rigid support interconnecting the upper portions of said end brackets, said support member having a downwardly curved cut-out in its upper edge for receiving the crown of a hat, and a rod-like support member interconnecting the lower portions of said brackets in the plane of said flat support member, a bar slidably supported in grooves above said rod-like support member and adapted to bear on said rodlike support member, said support members being spaced forwardly from said wall engaging edges to enable disposition of portions of apparel between said support members and the wall.

3. An apparel rack comprising a pair of vertical end brackets having wall engaging edges. said brackets having flat sides disposed perpendicularly to the wall, a flat article support member disposed in a vertical plane substantially parallel with the wall and providing a rigid support interconnecting the upper portions of said end brackets, said" support member having a downwardly curved cut-out in its upper edge for receiving the crown of a hat and being spaced from the plane of the wall a sufficient distance to enable disposition of the brim of the hat bezontal plane perpendicular to said first support member and interconnecting the lower portions of said brackets, said support members providing angularly disposed braces for said rack restraining said'end brackets against. displacement in either a vertical or horizontal direction,

4 An apparel rack comprising a pair of vertical end brackets'having'exposed wall engaging rear edges and outstanding flat sides perpendicular to said edgesysaid flat sides being relatively narrow in their upper portions and widest in their lower mid portions, a flat vertical brace and article support member interconnecting said narrow upper portionsof the end brackets, said member having a downwardly curved cut-out in its upper edge for receiving the crown of a hat and said member'being spaced forwardly from said wall engaging edges to accommodate the brim of a hat between said member and the wall, a horizontal brace and apparel shelf below said vertical member interconnecting said widest portions of said end brackets and having less width than saiawidest portions of the end brackets, ,a horizontal apparelrod'intercormecting said end brackets beneath said shelf and spaced forwardly from'said wall engaging edges of the end brack- 5 ets, and a. horizontal retainer bar having vertical Number sliding movement in said end brackets beneath 566,495 said shelf to bear by gravity on said horizontal 1,028,732 rod for holding apparel thereon. 1,282,048 PAUL S. HYBERTSEN. 5 1,301,797 1,394,947 References Cited in the file of this patent 497 UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,926,201 2,102,405 Number Name Date 10 D. 139,262 Mallins Oct. 24, 1944 6 Name Date C'arey Aug. 25, 1896 Jennings June 4, 1912 Cook Oct. 2 1918 Ziegler Apr. 22, 1919 Singer Oct. 25, 1921 Fischer Nov. 30, 1926 Kahns Sept. 12, 1933 C'oggiola Dec. 14, 1937 

